11 Bible Verses about Discernment of Jesus

and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?

At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan, because you're not thinking God's thoughts, but human thoughts!"

Recognizing their wickedness, Jesus asked, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

Seeing through their hypocrisy, Jesus replied to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

But he discerned their craftiness and responded to them,

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.